Boys' name · since 1991
Collan
Collan has 124 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,999 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 124
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Collan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 124 have been recorded since 1991.
Collan has 124 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2012.
- #15,999 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 124 born since 1991
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Collan ranks #15,999 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 124 born since 1991, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,999 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 124
- born since 1991
- 1990s
- peak decade
Collan's 124 recorded births place it above 64.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Collan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Collan's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Collan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2012
- Peak year (1993)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Collan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (64 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Collan's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Collan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 64 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Collan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Collan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Collan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.